, 1887-11-09

The Rouvier Ministry is unlucky. Not
to mention the crisis in Morocco, which
makes Spain hostile, sthe Government Of
madagascar is showing itself refractory.
The Premier has exiled the Foreign Minis
ter, who was a friend to France, and has
demanded that the letter by which Admi-
raj Mot obtained the Treaty of Tamatave,
and which explains away most Of the pro-
visions of that treaty, should be formal
ly recognised by the French. The Govern.
ment in Paris has always ignored
this letter, and the French Resident, NJ.
lie Myre de Vilers, rather than give way,
on September 21st hauled down his flag,
and threatened to quit the capital. This
would, Of course, in the end involve war,
and g demand Oil the Chambers for
e. 600, 600 and ten thousand eOnScriptS.
AS VI. Clemenceau is reSOlutely opposed to
the Colonial policy, and as the peasantry,
with Germany threatening, deteSt the DIES.
patch of their children to die Offever in Ma
dagascar, M. Rpuvier's Government would,
when the Chambers reaSSemble, be in u
bad way. 1t is said, therefore, in Paris,
that the Minister of Marine has received u
despatch announcing that relations have
been resumed; but this requires con.
irmation. The French Government is not
truthful about Colonial incidents, M. de
HItyCIlCU SdyiuS OpCHIJ WIZ ObO OSOdolOAh
that disaster affects the Chamber too much
and it is not probable that the MalagaSy
Premier has acted without counting the
cost. 1t was always certain that this
trouble would sooner or later arise.
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Mr.. Chamberlain landed in Ulster on
Tuesday and received IL most enthusiastic
reception. The harbour of Larne was
dressed with flags, crowds welcomed him
in Belfast, and his speeches everywhere
have attracted audiences so packed as to
be dangerous. These speeches have been
many and long, SO that we can Olly hope
to give an outline of their drift. In the
first series on Tuesday and "Wednesday,
Mr.. Chamberlain stated with great force
the Ulster Question. Ireland, he said, was
believed to be one; but of her five millions,
two were opposed to Home-rule, and the
two include ''mast' o. its intelligence and a
large proportion of it's wealth" If the Par
ty were elected by numbers instead of by
districts, they would have only sixty, or
at most sixty-fve Members. He found
himself in IL province as devoted to the
British connection as Birningh I'm, AMI 81
Slngularly pr0Sp9ro1S that Ill Ulster alone
is an additional quantity of land being
taken in for cultivation. "rhore is an Ire.
land which is prosperous and loyal and
contented, and there is an Ireland which
is miserable and dissatisfied and continue H.
ly under the control anil leadership of agi-
tators who profit by the disturbance that
they create" AS Ulster refused to he
transferred to u Parliament i'll Dublin
which would govern Ireland as the Tam.
my Ring governed New York, ha WAS
justified in asking Mr.. Gladstone what he
meant to do with Ulster. The province re-
fused a second place in a petty King lom
under a Constitution drawn up in Chicago.
He maintained that Home-rule must, from
its very limitations, inevitably result in
Separation, ami after observing that in
Ireland 'the future judges insult the Bench,
the future Executive disobey the police he
wound up Il speech frequently interrupted
by bursts of cheering, with the American
verse; s
"Sail on, oh ship of State,
Sail on, oh Union strong and great,
9aaog Humanity with all its fears, 5
80 With all the hopes of future years,
Is hanging 7breathless on thy fa1e.p
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